Case study - the global maritime knowledge hub

Abstract

MARINTEK is currently conducting a pilot project to develop a new maritime knowledge center, World Ocean Space Center, as part of the vision project "The Third Wave”. Based on this project, MARINTEK (Trondheim) has asked BI Norwegian School of Management to conduct this case study. The case study is a follow-up to the research report, “Norway - a global maritime knowledge hub” (Reve 2009).

Marius Nordkvelde, BI Norwegian School of Management has been responsible for data collection, interviews and case study write ups. Herman Ness and Nicolai Alexander Kirkeng, BI Norwegian School of Management have made significant contributions to the following case studies in the form of write ups and interviews: DNV, Hywind, Ulstein Group, Sway, Fugro OCEANOR and Kongsberg Maritime. Torger Reve has provided the theoretical and methodological framework of the study. The case study has been conducted as part of the large national research project, “A Knowledge- Based Norway” at BI Norwegian School of Management, led by professor Torger Reve.